Garmin Edge Beginner Requires Assistance
bill_gates
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Hi all, Merry Christmas.
Santa and his elves were very kind this year and delivered me a shiny new Edge 800 under the tree. Now that it is boxing day and also a day off work, I've opened the box and started to read the poor attempt at 'manuals'. My existing computer was from Aldi and was approx. £12 (although it has been fantastic), I'm ready to explore the higher end of a cycling computer's features.
• Do I need to go through a University degree to learn how to work this thing?
• Any tips on what I should be looking for to get this thing working. I've managed to get it to talk to the GPS and found out how to put my European City Navigator Map via a MicroSD card into the thing.
• What about the wheel diameter setting or is the automatic GPS calculation going to be accurate enough?
• I've created a Garmin Connect account and also registered the device,
• Can I simply draw maps on Google or Mapmyride and import them?
• Do I need software like Garmin BaseCamp installed?
• I'd like the Garmin Birdseye or Satellite imagery extra but it's an extra £21. Anyone got any tips if this can be either acquired or if it's actually worthwhile?
It's still a bit too cold to be out in the garage fitting this thing so I though I'd take the opportunity to relax with a beer and work out what it all does before I'm set loose on the roads.
Hope everyone else had a great Christmas.
BG.
Santa and his elves were very kind this year and delivered me a shiny new Edge 800 under the tree. Now that it is boxing day and also a day off work, I've opened the box and started to read the poor attempt at 'manuals'. My existing computer was from Aldi and was approx. £12 (although it has been fantastic), I'm ready to explore the higher end of a cycling computer's features.
• Do I need to go through a University degree to learn how to work this thing?
• Any tips on what I should be looking for to get this thing working. I've managed to get it to talk to the GPS and found out how to put my European City Navigator Map via a MicroSD card into the thing.
• What about the wheel diameter setting or is the automatic GPS calculation going to be accurate enough?
• I've created a Garmin Connect account and also registered the device,
• Can I simply draw maps on Google or Mapmyride and import them?
• Do I need software like Garmin BaseCamp installed?
• I'd like the Garmin Birdseye or Satellite imagery extra but it's an extra £21. Anyone got any tips if this can be either acquired or if it's actually worthwhile?
It's still a bit too cold to be out in the garage fitting this thing so I though I'd take the opportunity to relax with a beer and work out what it all does before I'm set loose on the roads.
Hope everyone else had a great Christmas.
BG.
"I like riding in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar."
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1..shouldn't need a degree once its set up..705 is really easy to use
2. automatic gps should be fine. It worked fine for me.
3. use mapmyride, draw the route, save it, export it as gpx then copy it to ur garmin...should work.
4. no idea if satellite imagery is worth it.
Hope that gives some help!!
3. use http://bikeroutetoaster.com/ download gpx file use garmin base camp to open and move file to edge - onto unit preferably instead of memory card.
Great bit of kit enjoy!
I've managed to find the following:
Garmin BaseCamp
Garmin MapInstaller
Garmin MapManager
Garmin POIInstaller
Garmin RoadTrip
Garmin WebUpdater
What of that list should I be concentrating on? I did try to get GPX files out of mapymyride (I've got around 100 on there) but couldn't seem to get it uploaded to the Edge 800.
"I like riding in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar."
Download from your favoured route-drawing website. Give it a descriptive, useful name such as '70km Bath-Grittleton-Bath loop.gpx'
Mount the Edge on your computer
Copy the GPX to one of the folders called NewFiles. On my device there are two, one on the device itself, and one on the SD card:
/GARMIN/Garmin/NewFiles
and
/3132-3338/garmin/NewFiles
Unmount the Device and start it up.
Go to: Menu > Courses
and you should see your route listed. They are listed in order of the distance from your current location of the route start point.
exact details may vary with OS (I'm on Linux) but that should give you the idea
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Just thought you might like to look at some reviews in case they say anything about the set up.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/garmin-edge-800/
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If you want to be a strong rider you have to do strong things.
However if you train like a cart horse you'll race like one.
"I like riding in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar."
Garmin connect is only good to keep record of your rides... but nothing else...
Can you give me more detail about how you're creating a route and transferring it so I can try and replicate?
Not sure where I am going wrong as I have been able to load saved rides before. Just don't know what I am doing differently. :?
In your post before you showed Menu> courses. Should courses show up as soon as I press Menu, because it doesn't on mine.
Hope I have explained it well enough, thanks again for taking the time.
See http://frank.kinlan.co.uk/garmin-edge-705/
Riding a course gives you a better set of screens IMHO although others may differ in this.
Garmin Updater is used to update the software on your 705/800 so is an essential bit of software.
Garmin Connect can be used for sharing rides on the web and also allows you to play back rides which is a nice feature.
The Garmin Communicator Plugin -http://www8.garmin.com/products/communicator/ is useful for downloading files from/to your unit from some software packages such as Garmin Connect, SportsTrack, Bikeroutetoaster.
When you copy your GPX file to the 705, which folder are you putting it in?
I got the gb discoverer maps with my 800 and i was wondering is there is a way for getting basecamp to use these maps from the harddrive rather than via the sd card in the garmin (connected by usb)? basecamp is so slow to do do anything this way.
The GPX file is going straight into the Garmin folder as opposed too the other one which I think is the card? I tried dragging the file across and dropping it into where it actually says Garmin, but it still does not appear in Saved Rides, only in Training as a course. :?
* Improved Auto Pause behavior.
* Corrected issues that could cause incorrect speeds to be recorded.
* Improved auto wheel calibration especially for PowerTap power meters.
* Added a torque reading to the calibration page for Powertap power meters.
* Removed DeleteFiles folder.
* Allow the device to operate in normal mode with external power.
* Corrected issues that could corrupt activity files which would not allow them to be uploaded to Garmin Connect or Garmin Training Center.
* Improved keyboard layout, input, and design.
* Made improvements to the elevation profile.
* Added an activity reset reminder.
* Improved how the device responds when the screen has been locked.
* Added a factory default reset in MENU -> Settings -> System -> Initial Setup.
* Added the ability to view details for an activity that has not been reset.
* Data fields should now report correct time and distance while navigating.
* Corrected issues caused by removing an SD card while navigating.
* Corrected Auto Scroll issues.
* Corrected issues drawing the current activity on raster maps.
* Made improvements to the Virtual Partner.
* Added memory full warning message.
* Corrected issue that could prevent activities from being able to be deleted.
* Route recalculation can now be turned off in MENU -> Settings -> System -> Routing -> Recalculate.
* Added a day/night color mode setting in MENU -> Settings -> System -> Display -> Color Mode.
* Sensor settings will now be correctly maintained when merging FIT setting and sport files.
* Corrected issues with weight scale data recording and communication.
* Corrected issue that could cause lap calories to be reset after a power cycle.
* Corrected issue that could cause workouts, courses, and locations to not be displayed in their respective lists.
* Corrected issue that could cause data field changes on the map or elevation training pages to not be saved.
* Lap markers in a course will now be recorded correctly while following the course.
still afew bugs in there tho
1) How long does the battery last (roughly)
2) I'm looking at buying an 800 with HRM cadence sensor and maps. Some places are advertising and enduro bundle, road and trail. In simple speak what's the difference. I assume I need the road.
3) And finally, is there any way they can be set up to work on rollers to give distance covered?
Cheers
1 battery is quoted as 15hrs only used it for one so far but charged it up again
2 i assume enduro is the ordanance survey maps which are better for off road (but i`ve not seen them myself) i have the road euro navigator map
3 if you have the cadence sensor and wheel magnet it will do speed distance from that on turbo or rollers as they monitor the back wheel
Had intended to get the city navigator maps too but im not sure i need them - However the real test of the OS maps for road use will only come when i'm trying to go somewhere on unfamilar rather than my usual training loops!